Day 521 – Friday
Today was a pretty slow day. I don’t normally do much the day after travel days. I prepared for moving a couple of websites around, did some grocery shopping, and went to bed early.
Day 520 – Thursday
Today was my travel day back to California. Chris had meetings at school and I drove in with her for her meeting and then she was able to take me to the airport. This gave us more time to talk before I left which was good. My flight was pretty uneventful. I read some of … Read more
Day 519 – Wednesday
In the late afternoon Elizabeth needed to get to the airport to fly back to Baltimore. So after I dropped Chris off at work, Elizabeth and I visited. I also made red sauce and two frittatas (crustless not-quiche) to leave or Chris. Elizabeth and I had a nice last day and I got some of … Read more
Day 518 – Tuesday
Today Elizabeth and I went to the MN state fair. I didn’t really understand parking so when we got to the fairgrounds everything was full. Because so many people visit daily (200K+), there are satellite parking areas with free shuttles. Though the indicates on Twitter were most of these were full. So there was an … Read more
Day 517 – Monday
We got up early and Elizabeth and I drove Chris to work since summer recess is over. After Elizabeth and I did some shopping. First South to Greg’s Meats to stock up and then North to St Paul to get more chorizo sausage from El Burrito Mercado. Then stops at Aldi and the Vietnamese store. … Read more
Day 516 – Sunday
My daughter Elizabeth arrived today and after picking her up from the airport we had lunch at the restaurant Hazelwood again. The one with the chicken and chocolate cake. I had a burger that was ok. Elizabeth had the chicken which is still very good, as is the chocolate cake. Back at Chris’ house we … Read more
Day 515 – WordCamp Day 2
Day 2 of WordCamp was ok. Overall I’m glad I went but there wasn’t anything extraordinary. I met a few more interesting people and went to the after party. Chris picked me up after I was done and we went back and had a quiet evening. We have a slight lul before Elizabeth arrives tomorrow … Read more
Day 514 – WordCamp Day 1
I went to WordCamp Minneapolis today. It’s a 2 day conference about all things WordPress, the website platform I use in my business. My use of it is more incidental than it used to be, however, WordCamp is a good place to meet people and get good ideas. I skipped the first two sessions and … Read more
Day 513 – Thursday
In the evening my girlfriend Chris and I went to the state fair for the Hootie and the Blowfish concert. The Barenaked Ladies were opening. We tried a couple of so-so food things and will make some more informed choices tomorrow. The concerts were ok. Barenaked Ladies have about 3-4 hits that anyone has ever … Read more
Day 512 – Wednesday
I mostly worked from the basement since I’ll be out Friday and spending time with my daughter Elizabeth most of next week. I did some final touches on a web page for a coaching client and he is VERY happy with the result. I went to an evening networking group. This is a monthly one … Read more